How to run "make" command in gitbash in windows?

Question

Can anyone help me to run Makefile in windows using "make" command. When I try to run from git bash, am getting following error,

$ make build bash: make: command not found

$ make deploy bash: make: command not found

Is there anyway to install this in gitbash or something or is there any other windows tool I need to use?

Did you try to specify the path to _make_ explicitly? – user1934428 Mar 08 '21 at 08:40 — user1934428, Mar 08 '21 at 08:40

score 20 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 01 '21 at 22:51

20

You can also use chocolatey to install it:

choco install make

Here's the package.

answered Sep 01 '21 at 22:51

Ana Franco

score 13 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 08 '21 at 06:11

13

Sounds like Make isn't in your git-bash's path.

A quick search shows this guide, which suggests the following steps:

Go to ezwinports.
Download make-4.1-2-without-guile-w32-bin.zip (get the version without guile).
Extract zip.
Copy the contents to your Git\mingw64\ merging the folders, but do NOT overwrite/replace any existing files.

The guide is several years old. It may behoove you to read some of the comments before taking action.

answered Mar 08 '21 at 06:11

samuei

it perfectly works, as of november 2022 its with make-4.4 thanks so much – andekande Nov 24 '22 at 16:28

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